Jim Simons: A Short Story of My Life and Mathematics (2022)

[@64podcast]

Rest in peace Jim Simons, thank you for your contributions to science and mathematics

[@jonassteinberg3779]

I'm extremely impressed with how well he knew his audience -- he kept things very down to earth and never got caught up in his accolades and yet articulated them all -- wow!

[@heidiwulf4485]

So true!

[@aayushdave1448]

Rest in peace ❤. To a great man 🥂

[@andreasklippinge9665]

at 11:30, the physicist full name is Edward Witten and are one of the godfathers of string theory - also considered to be one of the greatest minds of this generation. pretty cool to have a guy like that reading your paper and thinking your thesis could apply to his work. also - thanks for this. Love Jim and really impressed with what he's accomplished.

[@BOBMAN1980]

Thanks for info. Simons and Witten are the two intellectuals I've been trying to learn more about, lately, but I didn't know that they were 'linked' until reading your comment. Good to know!

[@jonassteinberg3779]

thanks for the insight!

[@ColKurtzknew]

Witten is also a Fields Medal winner.

[@bgill7475]

Jim is an amazing man, thanks for this.

[@victorblaer]

Amazing talent, for sure. Some suspect they discovered machine learning (statistical learning) before anyone else. But let's not also forget that he maliciously hid billions of dollars offshore in order to evade taxes, that would have otherwise gone towards the collective betterment of society. "Confidential legal files from 2010 show lawyers and advisers for Simons worked to protect him and his children from “particularly severe” US tax bills that would be triggered if they tried to bring the funds onshore. Bermuda imposes no taxes on profits or income. The Simons trust was revealed in the Paradise Papers, millions of leaked offshore files reviewed by the Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and others. The files give a rare glimpse inside trusts used by the super-rich to ensure confidentiality and minimal regulation." Sources: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/secret-world-offshore-mega-trusts/ The Paradise Papers www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/07/democratic-donor-james-simons-private-wealth-fund-tax-haven-paradise-papers

[@hassanazad5876]

Absolutely wonderful. It is very common these days for a mathematician to be asked to relate his mathematics to the 'real' world. Simons story is the perfect answer to that.

[@snehalpophale6287]

I tell them list is infinite!!

[@hassanazad5876]

@@tiagomoraes1510 I meant Chern-Simons invariants.

[@SgtInsomnia]

Quote and unquote real? You don't think there is a reality?

[@jonassteinberg3779]

a humble exposition of an absolutely bonkers life story. impressive and touching!

[@solomonkane1999]

One of the RICHEST most INTELLIGENT men in the world in front of you and no one has questions?! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bushrabonera]

fr :))

[@relaxingmusic-sy8gm]

@@bushrabonera wasted opportunity

[@michelangelopagliara4163]

Typical Norwegians...

[@bushrabonera]

​@@michelangelopagliara4163 oh? are norwegians particulary dumb or woolgatherers

[@elena13579]

you go first

[@RYN988]

Remarkable man. I love his down to earth demeanor.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Such a bummer no one asked any question. Such a wasted opportunity given his vast knowledge on many fields!

[@differentbreed2962]

I don’t think they realise how prestigious this guy is

[@vhhfxmmvc-lq3cb]

They‘re too scared of asking dumb questions

[@rydercarter7035]

Well, someone did ask a question in the end.

[@namanpandey6160]

​@@rydercarter7035and by that last one i gain tremendous amount of knowledge!!!

[@Shivjikadas]

They were too dumb to know his knowledge

[@권권관순]

Wonderful story in a candid manner. Felt his intelligent power. Thanks.

[@777jones]

Make sure you watch other interviews with Jim. He is an unpretentious and plainspoken delight. So many people put on airs and talk in fancy ways to try to seem impressive. Few were as smart or as rich as Jim. Think about that. Thanks.

[@differentbreed2962]

He’s like many other hyper successful people. Had a passion and talent, worked hard and the money came as a result. The people focus on making money alone seem to be the ones who act as if they’re the 10x better than everyone

[@Felipe_Ribeir0]

By few you are being very generous 😂

[@helioliskfire5954]

His style has something of the aesthetic of math. Understated. Here he seems to be understating his achievements. On my part, to great effect.

[@NVSTx]

This man is brilliant, the knowledge that is needed to even understand what he says is insane, we’ve tried to break it down in our video, hopefully it will give you a better view of how you can learn and do exactly like Jim

[@finbuster2030]

Wheres the link video

[@NVSTx]

@@finbuster2030 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3rEaneCetRkpNk

[@mattmiller220]

Would love to sit and chat with Jim. Has done such amazing things for the field of mathematics.

[@haoli5727]

inspring! Thanks Simon and Marilyn for supporting science research!

[@imid-ltd]

Thank you for your brave share Jim. I too was able to identify flaws from within the context of my work, and it's a good thing we live in a Country where we are protected from our own disclosures.

[@sunofgod480]

Amazing these young people had no questions for this amazing man. I have a million questions I would like to ask him. The talk bored them and went totally over their heads with the focus on math rather than money. What a missed opportunity.

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[@migfed]

I was so pleased watching his speech.

[@DougMayhew-ds3ug]

I just ran into the theory mentioned, but haven’t unfolded it just yet. The minimum surfaces thing reminds us that least action is always just around the corner no matter where you are working within the hierarchy of natural phenomena and principles. The soap bubble demonstration he mentioned is quite stunning for the uninitiated, this realization that there is an ordering preference or bias, already baked into our universe, and reappears at every turn. Stuck in a model? Look for least action, it’s like taking an aspirin for a headache. I wonder now where it resides within this theory of his.

[@firechrist5513]

NO questions? are you serious!! the worlds best hedge fund manager ever.

[@kieranjohnston7550]

I don’t know anything about math but I recognise humility when I see it. This man is an expert.

[@camellkachour4112]

I tried to contact the foundation of Jim and Marylin Simons in 2017 because I knew they were interested in Mathematics and its relation with Asperger persons. Myself I am mathematician with AS, but I was not funded for my research in mathematics, I have done research in maths during 20 years without almost any money ! When I contacted this foundation unfortunately they didn't help me. My frustration was to not be able to contact Jim or Marylin directly. I am sure that if I had the chance to explain to them directly my work and my situation, they could have helped me. The problem of this kind of foundation is this multitude of people who are like a barrier between the people who really need help in accordance with the aim of this foundation and the real help provided by the Foundation.

[@EMan-cu5zo]

Wish I had a fraction of knowledge of numbers as this man.

[@jonassteinberg3779]

yep

[@gunningju6107]

Jim is a great mathematician and investor too...

[@westpacificmarketanalytics2384]

I loved Jim, may you rest with God in heaven, you led the road to mathematical algorithmic trading. A true mentor to my project The Stream, would have loved to had a conversation over coffee perhaps when I see you up top. God Bless.

[@MsMonicaP-ch4tx]

He exerted himself the maximum and the kids sat completely lost. What a waste. He should have an older audience. What a humble wonderful person, who keeps the focus on math , not money.

[@francisotoobegyinah2392]

I’m very impressed by his personality and intelligence. Awesome 👏🏽…Respect to your name forever ♾️…RIP ❤

[@juaneliasmillasvera]

I was used to do the same thing doubling the 2 when I was 8 years old. Next step is 2048, but by this time you of course know it =). The fact is I am 28 years old now I could not addapt to traditional education in my country (Spain) so I didn't go to any university... but I am still learning and publishing modestly by my way. I am still interested in numbers (even the number 2) but things become harder when you try to rise and rise powers in some function... I am very interested in some called tetration (next step to power in operator algebras). I you telling this here becouse some days ago I had a revelation... If I follow the criteria of solve towers of numbers from "top to celling" like Eulers did to solve Fermat Prime Conjecture, instead of my own criteria of solving the towers from "celling to top", my work in "exponentory" (functional operator for serial exponent) and my work in tetration properties are wrong, I had never in my life an identical reality shock... I comment it here becouse maeby some of the audience of this video can understand me in some way. Anyway, thanks to Simons to sharing his experience.

[@bma1955alimarber]

What did you mean by traditional education?

[@juaneliasmillasvera]

@@bma1955alimarber By traditional education I mean the nowadays education system of Spain, must to learn advanced-like Linguistics in Spanish and English, History of Spain and History of Filosophy, Physics from XVIII and XIX century and other topics like choose between Technology classes or Biology classes before you can go to University in any scientific area. It is totally absurd how outdated the middle-high education in my country is... The fact is everybody knows that but the young people think: "Well just 2 o 3 bad years and then I will study interesting things", but in my case I could not accept that, and just become self-taught.

[@drbonesshow1]

The best part of this guy is that he likes to ask questions.

[@NoNTr1v1aL]

Absolutely amazing video!

[@mehmedkhan.6198]

I'm an upcoming mathematician,physicist and intellectual simon trust me one day i'll turn the world upside down with my great achievements...i'm proud of you jimmy.

[@tonys9413]

You’re also an idiot …… and this is coming from a Mathematician and a scientist much older and experienced than you.

[@podcast4516]

Brother we wish you all the best but for God sake don’t turn the world upside down,you can be successful without turning us upside down 😅

[@smartcookie11]

Ur username suggests ur a Muslim, Never forget your beginnings or your GOD.

[@mehmedkhan.6198]

@@podcast4516 i feel you bro🤜🤛.

[@SamiSterle]

Your tips help me avoid mistakes in trading. Thanks for your valuable help!

[@vladav313]

It's been ALL outliers for him. His professional life has been such a massive outlier in his success at generating returns while his personal life has been a tremendous negative outlier with him losing BOTh of his sons in freak accidents at very young ages, one at 34 was killed riding a bicycle and the second one died at 24 from drowning.

[@sanesanyo]

I didn't know that. That is really unfortunate. Must be very burdensome for him and his wife 😢.

[@Cyrus0w]

Thanks for sharing. I'd love to learn more about the subjects he loves

[@highviewbarbell]

​@@Cyrus0wMichael Spivak wrote a 5 Volume Set on Differential Geometry which has some of the most beautiful math prose writing and LaTeX typesetting that I've ever seen, and I mean that. I literally declared a math double major when I saw it because I just must understand it.

[@Cyrus0w]

@@highviewbarbell thank you! I’ll check that out

[@xxxs8309]

Wow i didn't know that

[@shaalpha9537]

RIP，he was the true legend. both in pure math and real money, and supporting for the future sciences. RIP

[@lawrencestoke]

Great talk! Wish the audience had asked a few good questions about the future of investment, the relationship between politics and business or even sustainable global economic development

[@Alex-qd7ly]

For real

[@tushardas2312]

Congratulation for having a Wonderful Hedge Fund Company

[@WuMavis-q8m]

R.I.P. He is so smart and amazing!!!!!❤

[@NeritanDushku-q6q]

Thanks for this, as a newbie it helps a lot

[@bma1955alimarber]

Wonderful person and wonderful short and very interesting story! Thank you very much dear Professor and for KZbin

[@madhusudhank4033]

Jim sir we greatful to u

[@joeym9169]

I love this story

[@AggresarioX]

We miss you Mr. Simons

[@nithinmathew2472]

Rest in peace Sir.

[@29ibrahimsayed95]

the last question was so wholesome

[@CarolaMartinez-l2d]

I watched you video, you video is so informative and humble thank you for share your video, I follow you

[@AlgoNudger]

I did a lot of math. I made a lot of money. And I gave almost all of it away. So deep and sarcastic! 🤣🤣🤣

[@No_BS_policy]

That wasn't sarcastic. Huge bulk of his fortune he made from trading has been dedicated to his charitable foundations. He's been giving his money away through his foundations with his wonderful wife.

[@AlgoNudger]

@@No_BS_policy Cmon, Man. u didnt even get it, you r a very serious one. 😂

[@No_BS_policy]

@@AlgoNudger no. Jim was dead serious about 'giving all of it away'. He didn't mean he turned his gains to losses by giving them away back to the markets like what most inexperienced traders do. This guy and his wife have been operating a charitable institution where they've been pouring billions to advance scientific causes. He wasn't sarcastic. You mistook what he tried to convey.

[@DsDs-nu7nw]

@@No_BS_policy he thinks he is genius just because youtube lets him name himself "algorithm manipulator". 😂😂

[@snehalpophale6287]

The shortest and interesting story ever.

[@atillayurtseven4125]

RIP The Quant King

[@РоманТетерев-ю5ч]

Эпичный занос!!! Никогда не видел ничего такого)) надеюсь когда-нибудь я тоже смогу поднимать так.

[@ELIOSANFELIU]

Beautiful story of life¡¡

[@bluegtturbo]

Very impressive.!

[@bornholm1588]

The best is just to be one of mankind. To live an average life. He at least died near an average age. He was a human.One of us.

[@ronaldr.gutierrez5218]

Such a great speach!

[@athanasiospapoutsis9978]

Brilliant man!

[@ShivinUnitholi]

If there were a Nobel for Quant Trading, Jim would be the first to win it.

[@Mike-gd2fv]

What an Amazing guy!

[@viktoro.ledenyov5829]

Super!!!📖📖📖

[@tushardas2312]

Inspiration with motivation

[@Mike-gd2fv]

The fact that they didn't have any questions makes me mad. I wish I was there.

[@davidrossi6255]

Sir explain to us your theorem and how it relates to Physics and the problem it addresses in our daily life.

[@DragonLong-vs3zf]

Always memories the man who devoted himself into maths.

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[@youtubevanced11]

Was that related to differential geometry?

[@MarkMusu92]

Rest in peace ❤

[@diptyprakashswain1121]

Spectacular 😃

[@psibarpsi]

RIP legend.

[@Deepakadhikari640]

Very nice speech my god

[@energyexecs]

Hah. I also liked to double numbers and got much higher than 1024...I took mine all the way to 16,000 and greater! The numbers pattern up and down on the place of the digit. I showed my buddy's son how to double when he was a teenager now he is 34 years old and still remembers that experience. It also depends on the math teacher. I had a gentle calculus math teacher in college and earned an A. I had a terribly tough math teacher in high school advanced algebra and got a C (could have rec'vd a D). So how could I get an A in calculus? I had a great gentle teacher.

[@mateuszkor6609]

What is the function mentioned at 10:40?

[@DaisyFenning]

very good

[@enlongchiou]

Chern-Simons differential geometry of N 3D black hole which each BH contain following black have 2^(n-1)+2^(n-2)+ + 2^1+2^0=2^(n)-1 entropy with minimum surface , by ADS/CFT can turn into 2D algebraic geometry of Sir Michael Atiyah's k theory by 2pi*(2-3*2)=-8pi : shape of landscape of vacuum energy ch=8pi*g*(m*c^2/2)^2/c^4=(4.9154)^2*pm under critical mass, according to Witten's knot theory of 4D dynamic space time by oscillation of super symmetry 137.036=g*m^2/k*e^2=GR/QM=(m*g*pm*g(p)*pm*g*m)*(1/137.036)/((e-)*g*(e+))=Er/EPR between 3 two dimensional Shwinger-Dyson quantum field ch=2pi*l*m*c^2[type1]=2pi*pl*pm*c^2/4.1888[type2b]=2pi*A*me*c^2/137.036[type2a] by ADS/CFT duality from 3 3D quantum black hole at Planck scale l=g*m/c^2=(h*g/2pi*c^3)^0.5=1.616231*10^-35 meter which can deduce ch=2pi*g*m^2, m=(ch/2pi*g)^0.5=2.176466*10^-8 kg which can be deduced from dimensional analysis unite SR, QM, GR, proton scale pl=g(p)*(4pi*pm/3)/c^2=8.809*10^-16 meter , Atom scale A^2=g(p)*pi*me/128.4980143*c^2, by graviton g*m^2=ch/(2pi) oscillating between l, pl, A 3 scale can generate strong force g(p)=g*m^2/pm^2=g*(pl/4.1888*l)^2=1.13*10^28 which can deduce ch=2pi*l*m*c^2=2pi*(pm/(4pi/3))*c^2, EM force between proton[pm=1.672621868*10^-27 kg], electron[9.10938356*10^-31 kg] in hydrogen Atom[A=5.29177282*10^-11 meter] by k*e^2=g(p)*pm^2/137.036=ch/(2pi*137.036)[e+]=me*(c/137.036)^2*A[e-]=4pi*g(p)*pm*me*137.036/128.51991 which can reproduce Dirac's quantum field deduce 0.001161409725=1/(2pi*137.036)=e+/ch : Schwinger's weak QED of Yang-Mills gauge field for anomalous electron magnetic moment of (g-2)/2 factor from positron e+=ch/(2pi*137.036)=k*e^2 which can turn into quantum gravity at Atom scale by 2pi*k*e^2*137.036=ch=2pi*g*(137.036*up*e-/l)*(137.036*up*e+/l)=(2*A1*137.036*pm*c^2)*(4pi*A*137.036)=En*L produce photon at speed of light c=1/(up)^0.5=299792458[meter/second][u=4pi*10^-7, p=8.85418782*10^-12] by r=En=ch/L=chR=me*(c/137.036)^2/2=13.6*e*((1/1^2-1/2^2)+(1/2^2-1/3^2)+...+(1/n^2-1/(n+1)^2))=(h/2pi)*(f1+f2+..+fn) : Einstein's random photon electric effect prevent continuous ultraviolet catastrophe of electron in Atom, deduce weak force unite g(p) with k*e^2 by pm/me=1836.1527=4pi*137.036^2/128.51991=1/(4*A1*137.036^3)=(pi/(128.4980143*A*137.036))^0.5, from it can deduce 2pi*0.001161409725*(me/pm)^2=(me/pm)^2/(g*m^2/k*e^2)=(me/pm)^2/137.036=128.4980143*A/3.1415926=2.16*10^-9=0.00116592026-0.00116591810 : discrepancy of muon magnetic moment of (g-2)/2 factor between experiment data[0.001165920+((61-41)+(57-25))*10^-9/2], theoretical prediction[0.00116584719+6845*10^-7+154*10^-8+92*10^-9] from Fermilab at 8/10/23, 85.73% ratio between muon[105 mev=(3*137.036/2)*0.511], electron[0.511 mev=me*c^2=g*m^2*137.036/A] decay from strong force by 100-85.73=14.27=A/(3*137.036*(A-A1))=128.51991/(3*137.036*(128.51991-128.4980143))=128.4980143/3^2 deduce A1/A=128.4980143/128.51991 : Oscillation of Atom radius cause Einstein's Brownian motion from 3 2D quantum field we can observe vibration of string at Atom scale which compose a unique extra 6 dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold for string theory fits our universe, deduce 2^(1/6)*ch=125.0895 Gev[1.602*10^-19/c^2] : Higgs boson from super symmetry 1/137.036=e^2/(2*ch*p)=k*e^2/g*m^2 unite QM with GR, too bad for Jim Simons can not see his theory use in string theory fits with experiment data.(Strominger use black hole in string theory, but he did not know about quantum black hole, john Schwarz deduce graviton from super symmetry but he do not connect with fine structure constant 137.036 which's Atiyah's Todd wave function from sum of zero F(s)=T(s)-1 connect with zero of Zeta function prove RH he claimed)

[@mandeepsahni2279]

It's really a amazing vdo. ❤

[@fractales100]

RIP thanks for everything

[@alltogetherplaytubefingerf6045]

Lacks in specifics and detail. Still, thank you for taking the time and courtesy the shareing this.

[@lawdogwales5921]

Yes, very vague.

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Investing in science is investing in our future.

[@uartim]

RIP Jim Simons.

[@muhendiseksper7026]

Did not talk about the "win theory of investment" and how and what is the secret of win ?

[@real-gamer-Emma]

How did he connect his theories with investing? I would have so many questions for this guy

[@raymondhall9901]

I did Further Calculus & Analytical Geometry. This Differential Geometry no I did not. however this was way back into time (1989-90)and really never applied it

[@momenwasir2196]

Coming random to this video and he dead 3 days ago 💔 10.05.2024. Rip legend

[@ksriram1978]

Nice, short talk. However, to know more about the man, it might be just worth reading "The man who solved the market" by Greg Zuckerman.

[@DevrajICT]

Rip Sir 😫❤

[@tonynunez6539]

Would like to know what his equations or algorithm solved and how he solved the stock market and was able to average over 66% over 31 years. Might be a good question.

[@NVofus]

WOW! WHAT A LIFE! I ONLY WISH I FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE HECK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

[@juewang9642]

Just read Zuckerman’s book about him, very impressive.

[@bharatchitnavis9592]

RIP Jim Simons. Yes, read the book. The Man Who Solved the Market - How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman

[@alphaTrader.oo1]

He should be a caring person as keep asking if anyone not understand what he said

[@estevannascimento2060]

Great video, thank you! I would just like to add that a Brazilian called Hindemburg Melão Jr. has devised an automatic investment system called Saturn V (L4Σ version), which last year outperformed the Medallion Fund. The results were verified and authenticated by one of the 4 largest auditing firms in the world. He (Hindemburg) has also improved the work of 5 Nobel Laureates in Economics. Cheers!

[@Roberto_Reef]

Saturno V nem é autorizado pela CVM.....auditado por quem ? Quantos bilhões o saturno v tem de patrimônio para podermos ter uma comparação com o Medallion ?

[@Personalfinance_10174]

Movie idea: crossed paths, divergent destines: the unabomber and jim (probably not quite crossed paths at berkeley but seemingly very similar minds).

[@kleawoll7056]

Rest in peace, bro.

[@michaelgonzalez9058]

The constant is editable by quantum

[@stayhappy1167]

Living legend should get nobel prize for his tremendous work in mathematics

[@harshthakkar3822]

RIP King ❤

[@DavidDeanBretton]

informative

[@shephusted2714]

what is so remarkable is the degrees of standard deviations from the norm his algos exhibited

[@TopCygamer]

A modern Newton who actually managed to succeed in finance. RIP JIM SIMONS.

[@xxxs8309]

What a genius

[@DedSec44]

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